Newly Released UFO Files Describe a Silent Triangular Craft Seen by Federal Agents
The Pentagon's seventh batch of released UAP files includes agents' accounts of a large, silent triangular craft, CBS News reports.
News report: claims as reported by the cited sources
The latest batch of government UFO files includes an unusual account from federal agents in the western United States. CBS News reported (opens in a new tab) that the agents described a large triangular craft that climbed and then sped off without making a sound.
What the documents say
According to CBS News, the batch is the seventh released under an executive order President Trump signed this year requiring sensitive UAP files to be made public. The release included 28 PDF files.
CBS reports that the encounter is described in two documents. One is a memo from the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO (opens in a new tab)) summarizing investigators' debrief with the agents. The other is a signed statement the agents gave to the FBI. The encounter reportedly happened in June near an unnamed "national security site."
According to the AARO memo as quoted by CBS, the craft rose slowly and perfectly vertically over a ridge line by about 200 to 300 feet. It held "a completely static orientation," and its matte black exterior showed no features. The memo says the climb "occurred in absolute acoustic silence."
The agents reportedly told the FBI that through an infrared scope the object looked warmer than its surroundings, with an even heat signature and no visible exhaust. According to the debrief, it stopped and hovered for about 20 seconds, then accelerated to a speed the agents compared to a military fighter jet, and was out of sight within seconds.
What investigators found afterward
The memo says a ground survey of the area the next morning found no wreckage, ground scarring or vegetation damage, according to CBS.
What we don't know
The documents describe what the witnesses reported. They don't identify the object, and CBS's report doesn't include any official conclusion about what it was. AARO's published annual reports have consistently said that most cases it can investigate fully turn out to have ordinary explanations, while some remain unresolved for lack of data.
Sources
- New UFO files include details of strange triangular craft: "Absolute acoustic silence" (opens in a new tab), CBS News (Stefan Becket), published 2026-10-23. Accessed 2026-11-02.
- Congressional/Press Products (opens in a new tab), All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Accessed 2026-11-02.
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